. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/IDN/40 
9 January 2009 
 (09-0039) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
1. Notifying Member:  INDONESIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  Directorate General of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Carcass, meat and offal 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Decree of Minister of Agriculture concerning "The 
Importation and Monitoring for the Distribu tion of Carcasses, Meat and Offal from 
Overseas"  Language:  Indonesian (summary in English provided)  Number of pages:  26  
6. Description of content:  This draft decree is the revision of the Decree of Minister of 
Agriculture No. 64/Permentan/OT.140/12/2006 that had been notified as G/SPS/N/IDN/30.  This draft decree stipulates the following: - Kinds of carcass, meat and offal (rumina nt, pork, poultry meat, fancy meat, process 
 meat); 
- Requirements for importation include:  require ments of importer, zone and country of 
 origin, package, labelling and shipment; - Importation procedures; - Animal quarantine measures; - Monitoring for distribution. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [ X ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)    
[ X ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   The reference of the proposed draft decree 
mainly supported by the Terrestrial Animal Health Code - OIE 2008  
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM N°)     G/SPS/N/IDN/40 
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  [   ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ X ] Yes   [   ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Not stated.   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined.  
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :    To be determined. 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ X ] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  10 March 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X ] National Notification 
Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
 Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency (IAQA) 
 Ministry of Agriculture  Jl. Harsono RM. No. 3 E Building 7th Floor 
 Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 
 Indonesia  Tel:  +(62 21) 781 6480  Fax:  +(62 21) 780 4337/781 6481/781 6483  E-mail:  caqsps@indo.net.id 
 Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id
 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National Notification Authority, [ X ] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:    
 Indonesian Agricultural Quarantine Agency (IAQA)  
 Ministry of Agriculture  Jl. Harsono RM. No. 3 E Building 7th Floor  Ragunan, Jakarta Selatan 12550 
 Indonesia 
 Tel:  +(62 21) 781 6480  Fax:  +(62 21) 780 4337/781 6481/781 6483  E-mail:  caqsps@indo.net.id  Website:  http://karantina.deptan.go.id